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Thursday, September 4, 2014

One (flawless!) quarter does not a season make

Been working on a post that I
just can’t seem to finish. Kinda caught between the lasting excitement of
Saturday night’s victory and the reality that it was just one game. It’s not
often you get to witness 15 practically flawless minutes of football when the
offense is unstoppable and the defense is dialed in and off the chain. So the
excitement regionally and nationally is somewhat understandable.

But the other side is that
really the only thing that Saturday’s game proved was that Clemson’s flaws were
greater than Georgia’s. It’s encouraging that the defense is further along than
we’d hoped. It’s encouraging that the offensive line was able to lean on a
quality opponent so late in the game. Those two insights give me great hope for
the 2014 season.

So we wait. An off week this
early is a good thing right? As much as I’d like to see the team build on that
4th quarter’s energy by getting back out there as soon as possible,
I’m also appreciative that the coaches get an extra few days to break those
guys down and teach them back up.

And that’s what is most
encouraging – teaching. If we learned anything in that second half it’s that
this coaching staff, and consequently the team, is about teaching and learning.
They are about adjustments and doing what’s going to work instead of sticking
with what is most definitely not.

In short, I’d love to be
packing for South Carolina right now. But I can wait.

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